The word "GOD"

When is it “true” to say: “it is raining outside”, or to say “God exists”? When we think about the first question, it seems easy to answer: It is raining outside when it is actually raining outside. It might seem faulty, on a logical or a mathematical level, but in fact everyone will understand the statement and accept it. It is as if when we put the word “actually” there, we mean to refer to the “original” definition of the word rain, which everybody knows and everybody agrees on. When we said “actually” we have called upon history to bring to our presence the meaning and definition of the word “rain”. We have called upon the first inventors and users of the word, when they first put the sounds together to coin a word that explains the water that falls from the sky. “It is raining outside” is true when what has been agreed on once as the definition of rain is happening.

Our quest there seems to have a historical linguistic nature. But what about the second question; when is it true to say “God exists”? God exists if He actually exists. What does it mean to say “God” or “to exist”?

Let us call again upon our ancestors who first coined the word; when they first put the three sounds together G, O and D and used it to explain or refer to something; an impossible inquiry indeed, but of a great value. What is it that they explained with this word? And did it refer to anything? Let us imagine the first people who used the word “God”, what did they mean by it? was it something they saw or felt? Was it revealed or inspired by who they called “God”? is it a thing, a concept, a feeling or an idea? And before they first used the word, did “God” not exist? Didn’t they experience, feel or sense what motivated them to invent the word prior to that? Was it not revealed yet?

On the other hand, was the expression “God exists” used when the word “God” was first invented; i.e. are these two words meant to be used together? Could it be a later construction, and that “God” was never meant to “Exist”?
The word “God” since its creation and to this day is existent. It meant something to the people who created it, but does it still have the same meaning? Given that the word is still existent and used, is what it meant/referred to once upon a time also still existent? Does the survival of the word help us knowing whether God actually exists or not?

Let us examine another word with the same tools; the word “Dragon”. It is believed now that these creatures have never existed, but yet the word “Dragon” was created and still survives to this day. The meanings and feelings associated with the word “Dragon” however has vanished. Nietzsche would have described that by saying “Dragons are dead. We have killed them, You and I” and everyone would agree with him. Dragons, as once existed in the perception of the people, are indeed dead. One might wonder; will questioning “God” lead the word to the same destiny?